Michigan lost to Illinois 93-85 on Sunday at the Crisler Center. The game was inching towards blowout territory, but then Michigan buckled down and came withing two points of tying the Fighting Illini. Here are takeaways from the loss.
Alfonso Plummer and Kofi Cockburn were unstoppable
Plummer put on a show from behind the arc, going 5-of-8 from 3, and 7-of-11 overall. Plummer finished the day with 26 and continuously dropped daggers against Michigan and continuously thwarted any chances of a Michigan comeback.
Cockburn was impressive in the paint, sometimes looking unguardable. While Hunter Dickinson bottled up some of Cockburn’s production, Kofi was still able to score with ease far too often.